这是给city的信, Hi there, Hope this email finds you well. I’m writing to tell you how angry we are toward the proposed water rate change. During the previous drought years, the city said we needed to increase water rate due the water shortage, etc. When the drought was over, the city said we changed water rate in order to amend and maintain facilities, etc. Now it comes again, “the unprecedented and difficult times”, wow, what a gloomy year, so, we need to change water rate. To conclude: good times, bad times, always water rate change time! THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. We, the law abiding citizens, have been paying taxes enough to support the city for all the water related needs. Therefore, I strongly oppose this year's proposed water rate change! Sincerely yours,
I’m writing to tell you how angry we are toward the proposed water rate change.
During the previous drought years, the city said we needed to increase water rate due the water shortage, etc. When the drought was over, the city said we changed water rate in order to amend and maintain facilities, etc. Now it comes again, “the unprecedented and difficult times”, wow, what a gloomy year, so, we need to change water rate. To conclude: good times, bad times, always water rate change time!
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. We, the law abiding citizens, have been paying taxes enough to support the city for all the water related needs. Therefore, I strongly oppose this year's proposed water rate change!
subject: REJECT WATER RATE INCREASE FOR SJWC 内文可以参考 Dear PUC President Picker and Commissioners, We received your notice advising the SJWC intent to initiate an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI). Smart Meters will help customers better manage their billing and reduces the operational expense of San Jose Water. So it is a good thing!
Advanced Metering Infrastructure provides tremendous cost SAVINGS to utilities with the initial cost of implementation paying being covered by labor and waste savings in just a short time and automated billing. How is San Jose Water going to appropriate for these savings to be allocated to a reduction in service charge and quantity charge rates in subsequent years? I really want to see the service charges reduced. They are astronomical and I don’t feel it is right.
This proposal has US paying for San Jose Water to reap perpetual cost savings for San Jose Water Company coffers. Given the profits that San Jose Water Company has attained by increasing our rates, surcharges etc. I don’t believe you should support this increase.
With a similar project in Sacramento (see link below) their Department of Utilities calculated that the infrastructure cost was paid for with just 3 months of savings! Even if SJW particulars are somewhat different, the point still stands ... We should not be paying for them to save money ... and the savings should be shared with the ratepayers! I believe it makes sense, dont you?
HISTORICAL DATA In the past, we have dropped our consumption of water and San Jose Water wants to increase our water rates. The insanity of a monopoly when a reduction in demand a.k.a conservation, leads to a price increase. Crazy! This story keeps repeating and the customers of San Jose Water are at the receiving end. Please stop this!
The customers of SJWC continue to see our rates INCREASE, not decrease. The partial approval of GRC A1801004 has allowed SJWC to increase its 2019 revenue by $16M effective January 1, 2019.. SJWC is now collecting 2019 Balancing Account Surcharge, 2019 Memorandum Account Surcharge and the Service Charge has increased more than 60%. And now, SJWC wants to increase our rates again with this surcharge
I strongly request that CPUC revisit all safety net memorandum accounts as these accounts provide no incentive for SJWC to curb hiring employees, curb executive bonuses, reduce operating expenses, etc. CPUC allows SJWC to recover all of its excessive costs from the ratepayers.
SJWC has increased the service charge. An increase that is bothering me and a lot of residents as this is a consistent charge on our bill even if we do not use a single drop of water. Some cities do not charge a service charge at all and our service charge just went up!
Please review petition to replace SJWC with a municipal utility company http://www.tinyurl.com/noMoreSJWC - YES, I have signed it along with 3500+ others. Just compare the difference in a San Jose Water Bill versus a City of Santa Clara Water Bill (Case Study I below). The data is quite clear. San Jose Water Company customers are paying a lot more for water. So here is stating the obvious.
San Jose Water Company is a monopoly! SJWC has gotten behind a simple process of ‘gaming the system’ submitting Advice Letters and Rate Case filings to CPUC and getting the approvals. This has to stop
***THANK YOU TO CPUC COMMISSIONERS, STAFF AND ORA
We appreciate your diligence in taking a measured and tough stand against a greedy and shameless corporation called San Jose Water Company. We are a choice less consumer but not voiceless consumer. Please stand by us, the people. You are all doing an amazing job, standing up for us citizens! Your staff and ORA are collectively doing an impressive job so far and we commend you for it! We thank you for noting that San Jose Water Company has had a windfall $59.2M profit in 2017 (up from $21M in 2012) – while we citizens have no choice, but to keep paying more and more to SJWC thanks to the super high water bills. We thank you ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! I went back over my SJWC records and did an analysis of 8 years of billings. When evaluating average cost per CCF over time, the results are quite amazing. As I’ll note separately, in 4.5 years prior to drought surcharges, our average cost per CCF was $4.24. Drought surcharges were applied from mid-2015 through early 2017. Not including the periods where drought surcharges were applied, which is to say looking only at billings after the January, 2017 billing, our average cost per CCF has been $7.25. That is an increase of 70%. SJWC has used the drought as a smoke screen to raise rates far above inflation, using so many different excuses.
****FURTHER CALL TO ACTION AND SUMMARY OF OUR REQUEST
We urge CPUC to continue to be consumer advocate and consider implementing the following:
We need more of our money back. Thanks for rejecting SJWC proposal AL No. 510 CREDIT SURCHARGE. SJWC owes its customers a lot more than $1,794,439. CONDUCT A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION AND AUDIT: We are glad that CPUC initiated a thorough investigation and audit of SJWC's past and present billing practices Please penalize SJWC for any wrong doings and public reprimand any wrong practices currently in place. NO FURTHER RATE INCREASE IN 2020: SJWC's greed won't end. Please don't approve any more rate increases in 2020. THOROUGH SCRUTINY OF COST OF CAPITAL & GENERAL RATE INCREASES BEFORE ANY RATE INCREASES ARE GRANTED: Please consider comparison metrics for all other public & private utilities in the bay area in determining the appropriate cost of capital adjustments and rate increases for future years. Please make sure that we have comparable rates and/or implement policies so our rates get normalized over the coming years. There is plenty of evidence in APPENDIX A through I below that our rates have gone up astronomically in the last few years. THOROUGH SCRUTINY OF EVERYTHING SJWC SUBMITS AND HAS SUBMITTED IN THE PAST: As part of the audit, please evaluate all the filings by SJWC currently in place. Table 1 and 2 below shows a summary view of the exploitation that has been conducted surgically and methodically by San Jose Water Company these last few years. SJWC has stacked the system to suit it’s greed and it is time, we pull the plug on that. As you read through this email, please make a mental note that some San Jose Water customers have seen their 2016 water bill to be in the $2,500 to $4,000 range, in spite of reducing their water consumption by ~50%. Simply stated, San Jose Water Company has been blatantly exploiting their customers in the name of drought for increased profits. WE NEED COMPARISON METRICS – we have had enough of SJWC’s effort to blatantly increase profits If CPUC approves anything from SJWC, please provide us as part of the disposition, a study of Bay Area public and private water utility companies: - What has been the % increase in water rates year to year since 2007 – obviously includes specific data SJWC. - In particular, what is the percentage increase these utility companies are planning in 2017, given that SJWC is currently filed to increase rates at least 20%.
****I AM VERY UPSET – I FEEL I HAVE BEEN EXPLOITED BY SJWC THEY CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE THE PROCESS FOR INCREASED PROFITS I urge you to visit https://tinyurl.com/SJWCAppendix for summary financial data, rate increases and a few pertinent case studies SJWC has increased revenue in the period of 2010 to 2016 by 66% and in the same time their income has gone up by 200% - as per Table 1 below They continue to increase rates every year. The customer base is a constant – why are we seeing such huge increases? We are being exploited and I am afraid this is only the beginning now that SJWC has experienced the bounty. · SJWC 2017 Operating revenue was $389.2 million, in comparison to 2016 of $339.7 million, an increase of $49.5 million, primarily attributable to $41.1 million in cumulative rate changes.
**HOW HAS SJWC DONE FINANCIALLY? Visit https://tinyurl.com/SJWCAppendix **A SUMMARY OF SJWC RATE INCREASES SINCE JAN 2017. Visit https://tinyurl.com/SJWCAppendix **Case studies for your review. Details at https://tinyurl.com/SJWCAppendix CASE STUDY A: SCVWD Jan 24th 2017 SCVWD board meeting CASE STUDY A: SAN JOSE WATER 2X compared to GREAT OAKS CASE STUDY C: SAN JOSE WATER 5.5x compared to Coachella Valley Water District CASE STUDY D: SAN JOSE WATER RATES DOUBLED in 3 YEARS CASE STUDY E: COMPARE THE PRICE OF WATER SJWC vs LAS VEGAS CASE STUDY F: SJWC 350% increase since 2010 CASE STUDY G: SAMPLE CASE STUDY JUNIPERO WAY, SARATOGA CA: CASE STUDY H: Dave Scott of Saratoga’s Bill CASE STUDY I: Let us compare a bill from Santa Clara and Saratoga
In my opinion, SJWC does not deserve any increase in rates. Please protect the people. I am NOT ready to accept or support any more rate increases
No more automagic approvals. No more rate increases. In fact, we want our money back. Thank you
I respectfully request that the PUC follow through on the FURTHER CALL TO ACTION AND SUMMARY OF OUR REQUEST from above and protect us, the citizens of California from the blatant rate increases by San Jose Water Company. Sincerely, - Your Name - Address END EMAIL
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这是什么歪理?! 挣多挣少是完全不同topic, 不要混为一谈. 政府就要靠监督,不合理就要发声抗议.
再者, 工资股票不用交税? 我们税里已经包括了水费垃圾费, 年年涨价的理由是什么?
你把通知漲價的信也貼一下看看是什麽理由。
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subject: REJECT WATER RATE INCREASE FOR SJWC
内文可以参考
Dear PUC President Picker and Commissioners,
We received your notice advising the SJWC intent to initiate an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI). Smart Meters will help customers better manage their billing and reduces the operational expense of San Jose Water. So it is a good thing!
Advanced Metering Infrastructure provides tremendous cost SAVINGS to utilities with the initial cost of implementation paying being covered by labor and waste savings in just a short time and automated billing. How is San Jose Water going to appropriate for these savings to be allocated to a reduction in service charge and quantity charge rates in subsequent years? I really want to see the service charges reduced. They are astronomical and I don’t feel it is right.
This proposal has US paying for San Jose Water to reap perpetual cost savings for San Jose Water Company coffers. Given the profits that San Jose Water Company has attained by increasing our rates, surcharges etc. I don’t believe you should support this increase.
With a similar project in Sacramento (see link below) their Department of Utilities calculated that the infrastructure cost was paid for with just 3 months of savings! Even if SJW particulars are somewhat different, the point still stands ... We should not be paying for them to save money ... and the savings should be shared with the ratepayers! I believe it makes sense, dont you?
https://www.wateronline.com/doc/the-city-of-sacramento-taps-trimble-for-roi-from-its-smart-metering-project-0001
HISTORICAL DATA
In the past, we have dropped our consumption of water and San Jose Water wants to increase our water rates. The insanity of a monopoly when a reduction in demand a.k.a conservation, leads to a price increase. Crazy! This story keeps repeating and the customers of San Jose Water are at the receiving end. Please stop this!
The customers of SJWC continue to see our rates INCREASE, not decrease. The partial approval of GRC A1801004 has allowed SJWC to increase its 2019 revenue by $16M effective January 1, 2019.. SJWC is now collecting 2019 Balancing Account Surcharge, 2019 Memorandum Account Surcharge and the Service Charge has increased more than 60%. And now, SJWC wants to increase our rates again with this surcharge
I strongly request that CPUC revisit all safety net memorandum accounts as these accounts provide no incentive for SJWC to curb hiring employees, curb executive bonuses, reduce operating expenses, etc. CPUC allows SJWC to recover all of its excessive costs from the ratepayers.
SJWC has increased the service charge. An increase that is bothering me and a lot of residents as this is a consistent charge on our bill even if we do not use a single drop of water. Some cities do not charge a service charge at all and our service charge just went up!
Please review petition to replace SJWC with a municipal utility company http://www.tinyurl.com/noMoreSJWC - YES, I have signed it along with 3500+ others. Just compare the difference in a San Jose Water Bill versus a City of Santa Clara Water Bill (Case Study I below). The data is quite clear. San Jose Water Company customers are paying a lot more for water. So here is stating the obvious.
San Jose Water Company is a monopoly! SJWC has gotten behind a simple process of ‘gaming the system’ submitting Advice Letters and Rate Case filings to CPUC and getting the approvals. This has to stop
***THANK YOU TO CPUC COMMISSIONERS, STAFF AND ORA
We appreciate your diligence in taking a measured and tough stand against a greedy and shameless corporation called San Jose Water Company. We are a choice less consumer but not voiceless consumer.
Please stand by us, the people. You are all doing an amazing job, standing up for us citizens! Your staff and ORA are collectively doing an impressive job so far and we commend you for it!
We thank you for noting that San Jose Water Company has had a windfall $59.2M profit in 2017 (up from $21M in 2012) – while we citizens have no choice, but to keep paying more and more to SJWC thanks to the super high water bills. We thank you ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
I went back over my SJWC records and did an analysis of 8 years of billings. When evaluating average cost per CCF over time, the results are quite amazing. As I’ll note separately, in 4.5 years prior to drought surcharges, our average cost per CCF was $4.24. Drought surcharges were applied from mid-2015 through early 2017. Not including the periods where drought surcharges were applied, which is to say looking only at billings after the January, 2017 billing, our average cost per CCF has been $7.25. That is an increase of 70%. SJWC has used the drought as a smoke screen to raise rates far above inflation, using so many different excuses.
****FURTHER CALL TO ACTION AND SUMMARY OF OUR REQUEST
We urge CPUC to continue to be consumer advocate and consider implementing the following:
We need more of our money back. Thanks for rejecting SJWC proposal AL No. 510 CREDIT SURCHARGE. SJWC owes its customers a lot more than $1,794,439.
CONDUCT A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION AND AUDIT: We are glad that CPUC initiated a thorough investigation and audit of SJWC's past and present billing practices Please penalize SJWC for any wrong doings and public reprimand any wrong practices currently in place.
NO FURTHER RATE INCREASE IN 2020: SJWC's greed won't end. Please don't approve any more rate increases in 2020.
THOROUGH SCRUTINY OF COST OF CAPITAL & GENERAL RATE INCREASES BEFORE ANY RATE INCREASES ARE GRANTED: Please consider comparison metrics for all other public & private utilities in the bay area in determining the appropriate cost of capital adjustments and rate increases for future years. Please make sure that we have comparable rates and/or implement policies so our rates get normalized over the coming years. There is plenty of evidence in APPENDIX A through I below that our rates have gone up astronomically in the last few years.
THOROUGH SCRUTINY OF EVERYTHING SJWC SUBMITS AND HAS SUBMITTED IN THE PAST: As part of the audit, please evaluate all the filings by SJWC currently in place. Table 1 and 2 below shows a summary view of the exploitation that has been conducted surgically and methodically by San Jose Water Company these last few years. SJWC has stacked the system to suit it’s greed and it is time, we pull the plug on that. As you read through this email, please make a mental note that some San Jose Water customers have seen their 2016 water bill to be in the $2,500 to $4,000 range, in spite of reducing their water consumption by ~50%. Simply stated, San Jose Water Company has been blatantly exploiting their customers in the name of drought for increased profits.
WE NEED COMPARISON METRICS – we have had enough of SJWC’s effort to blatantly increase profits If CPUC approves anything from SJWC, please provide us as part of the disposition, a study of Bay Area public and private water utility companies:
- What has been the % increase in water rates year to year since 2007 – obviously includes specific data SJWC.
- In particular, what is the percentage increase these utility companies are planning in 2017, given that SJWC is currently filed to increase rates at least 20%.
****I AM VERY UPSET – I FEEL I HAVE BEEN EXPLOITED BY SJWC
THEY CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE THE PROCESS FOR INCREASED PROFITS
I urge you to visit https://tinyurl.com/SJWCAppendix for summary financial data, rate increases and a few pertinent case studies
SJWC has increased revenue in the period of 2010 to 2016 by 66% and in the same time their income has gone up by 200% - as per Table 1 below They continue to increase rates every year. The customer base is a constant – why are we seeing such huge increases? We are being exploited and I am afraid this is only the beginning now that SJWC has experienced the bounty.
· SJWC 2017 Operating revenue was $389.2 million, in comparison to 2016 of $339.7 million, an increase of $49.5 million, primarily attributable to $41.1 million in cumulative rate changes.
**HOW HAS SJWC DONE FINANCIALLY? Visit https://tinyurl.com/SJWCAppendix
**A SUMMARY OF SJWC RATE INCREASES SINCE JAN 2017. Visit https://tinyurl.com/SJWCAppendix
**Case studies for your review. Details at https://tinyurl.com/SJWCAppendix
CASE STUDY A: SCVWD Jan 24th 2017 SCVWD board meeting
CASE STUDY A: SAN JOSE WATER 2X compared to GREAT OAKS
CASE STUDY C: SAN JOSE WATER 5.5x compared to Coachella Valley Water District
CASE STUDY D: SAN JOSE WATER RATES DOUBLED in 3 YEARS
CASE STUDY E: COMPARE THE PRICE OF WATER SJWC vs LAS VEGAS
CASE STUDY F: SJWC 350% increase since 2010
CASE STUDY G: SAMPLE CASE STUDY JUNIPERO WAY, SARATOGA CA:
CASE STUDY H: Dave Scott of Saratoga’s Bill
CASE STUDY I: Let us compare a bill from Santa Clara and Saratoga
In my opinion, SJWC does not deserve any increase in rates. Please protect the people. I am NOT ready to accept or support any more rate increases
No more automagic approvals. No more rate increases. In fact, we want our money back. Thank you
I respectfully request that the PUC follow through on the FURTHER CALL TO ACTION AND SUMMARY OF OUR REQUEST from above and protect us, the citizens of California from the blatant rate increases by San Jose Water Company.
Sincerely,
- Your Name
- Address
END EMAIL
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